Display easel



1941- E. E. FAIRCHILD 2,266,966

DISPLAY EAS EL Filed May 21, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Dec. 23, 1941. E. E. FAIRCHILD 2,266,966

. D-ISPLAY EASEL Filed May 21, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Dec. 23, 1941 DISPLAY EASEL Elmer E. Fairchild; Rochester, N. Y., assignor to E. E. Fairchild Corporation, Rochester, N. Y., a

corporation of New York Application May 21, 1941, Serial No. 394,541

2 Claims.

The invention relates to an easel for displaying boxes of candy and various other articles of merchandise.

An object of the present invention is to provide a collapsible easel for displaying in an inclined position boxes of candy and various other articles of merchandise and adapted to be stamped or otherwise formed from a single piece of sheet material and capable of being compactly arranged for shipping and storing and also of being easily and quickly arranged for use.

A further object of the invention is to provide an easel of this character adapted for advantageously displaying heart-shaped boxes and other articles adapted to fit in a depression or recess in the front of the easel.

Another object of the invention is to provide a display easel comprising a front wall, spaced side walls and overlapped and interlocked rear wall sections and provided at the upper edges of the spaced sides with inwardly extending overlapped interlocked flaps cooperating with the rear wall sections to provide a strong, sturdy display easel adapted to support and display relatively heavy boxes of candy.

Another object of the invention is to provide a display easel having its front, side and rear walls inclined upwardly and inwardly and having the upper edges of its side walls oppositely inclined and provided at the angles formed by the inclined upper edges of the sides with inclined slots forming continuations of the upper edges of the rear portions of the side walls to increase the length of the back support and also to receive the projecting rims or edges of boxes to prevent the same from slipping on the easel.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction within the scope of the claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any advantages of the invention.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an easel constructed in accordance with this invention and adapted for displaying heart-shaped boxes.

Figure 2 is a central, vertical, longitudinal sectional view of the same.

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a plan view of the blank from which the display easel is formed.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a display easel having at its front wall a straight transverse horizontal supporting edge.

Figure 6 is a plan View of the blank from which the display easel of Figure 5 is formed.

Referring particularly to the form of the invention illustrated in Figures 1 to 4, inclusive, of the drawings, the display easel which is designed particularly for displaying heart-shaped candy boxes in an inclined position is formed from a single piece of cardboardor other suitable sheet material and consists of a blank I composed of a central panel 2, side panels 3, rear panel sections 4 and transverse flaps 5. The blank is stamped or die cut or otherwise formed from the sheet material and it is scored at 6 to define the central panel 2 and to form hinge connections between the same and the side panels 3. The blank is also scored at l and 8 to form hinge connections between the rear panel sections and the side sections 3 and between the transverse flaps 5 and the side sections 3. The lines of scoring may be formed by groovng the sheet material as illustrated in the drawings or in any other desired manner. The score lines 6 converge upwardly to form a tapered panel 2 which constitutes the front wall of the display easel. The score lines 6 and I also converge upwardly to form upwardly tapered side panels 3 which constitute the side walls of the display easel. The converging score lines and the tapered front, side and rear walls produce as clearly illustrated in Figure 1 of the drawings an upwardly tapered display easel having a supporting base of relatively large area.

The display easel is adapted to be compactly stored and shipped with the blanks in their unfolded condition and when it is desired to arrange the display easel for use the sides formed by the side panels 3 are folded or swung towards each other and the rear panel sections 4 and the transverse flaps 5 are folded inwardly. The transverse flaps and the rear panel sections are detachably interlocked and cooperate to form r gid bracing means at the back and intermedlate portions of the display'easel.

One of the transverse flaps is rovided end with a hook-shaped tab 9 and the 311 transverse flap is provided with a curved substantlally hook-shaped slit or incision l0 arranged to receive the tab 9 when the side flaps are overlapped. One of the rear panel sections 4 is provided with a small substantially hookrectangular boxes.

shaped tab II which engages a curved approximately hook-shaped slit or incision l2 of the other rear panel 4 when the rear panel sections are overlapped to form the rear wall of the display easel.

The front wall of the easel is provided at its upper edge with an approximately triangular recess I3 which ,is adapted to receive the smaller portion of a heart-shaped box(not shown) designed for the sale of candy and other articles of merchandise. flaps, which may be of any desired dimensions in the easels illustrated in the drawings, close the major portion of the space between the upper portions of the side walls and form a solid back support for the article displayed on the easel.

The side walls of the easel have downwardly and rearwardly inclined relatively short upper edges I4 and upwardly and rearwardly inclined relatively long edges 15. The relatively short inclined edges M are located in the front portion of the easel and are adaptedto forma support for The inclined edges l5 are located at the upper portion of the side walls of the easel and'the side transverse flaps 5 are set at an inclination by the inclined upper edges of the rear portion of the sides of the easel.

In order to increase the length of the rear supportingportion of the easel the sides are provided at the lower ends of the inclined edges with slots [6 forming extensionsof said inclined edges l5 and located at the anglesformed by the edges 14 and I5 and adapted to receive the projecting marginal rims or edges of boxes. The slots not only increase the length of the back support of the easel but by receiving the projected edges of the boxes prevent the same from slipping on the 'easel.

7 Instead of providing the front of the easel With a recess IS the front of the easel may, as illustrated in Figure 5 of the drawings, have a straight horizontal transverse upper edge I]. Although the front of the easel illustrated in Figures 1 to 4, inclusive, is shown with a triangular recess having downwardly and inwardly inclined edges, therecess may of course beof any other desired configuration.

The overlapped interlocked side.

What is claimed is:

1. An easel for supporting boxes and other articles in an inclined position consisting of a single piece of sheet material and composed of a front having its upper edge arranged to form a support, sides hinged to the front and having at the front portion downwardly and rearwardly inclined upper edges and at the rear portion upwardly and rearwardly inclined upper edges, rear overlapped sections hinged to and connecting the sides at the rear edges thereof and interlocked with each other to form a rigid rear portion, and transverse i inwardly extending flaps hinged to the sides at the upwardly and rearwardly inclined upper edges thereof and overlapped and interlocked and forming a rigid brace connecting the sides and cooperating with the interlocked rear portions of the easel to form a rigid structure and providing a back supporting surface for a box or other article to be displayed.

2. An easel for supporting boxes and other articles in an inclined position consisting of a single iece of sheet material and composed of a front having its upper edge arranged to form a support, sides hinged to the front and having at the front portion downwardly and rearwardly inclined upper edges and at the rear portion upwardly and rearwardly inclined upper edges, rear overlapped sections hinged to and connecting the sides at the rear edges thereof and interlocked with each other to form a rigid rear portion, and transverse inwardly extending flaps hinged to, the sides at the upwardly and rearwardly inclined upper edges-thereof and overlapped and interlocked and forming a rigid brace connecting the sides and cooperating with the interlocked rear portions of the easel'to form a rigid structure and providing a back supporting surface for a box or other article to be displayed, said sides being provided at the angles formed by the upper inclined edges thereof with slots forming extensions of the upper edges of the rear portion of the sides to increase the length of the back support and arranged to receive the projecting rim or edge of a box to prevent the same from slipping on the easel.

ELMER E. FAIRCHIILD. 

